By Andrew C. McCarthy,National Review Tony Rezko from friend to bonehead all in a days spin In Chicago,Barack Obama’s M.O. was to talk the talk of a reformer and walk the walk of an old-school machine politician. When he got called on it,he did what machine politicians do:[...] By Floyd Brown,Expose Obama AG Pick Eric Holder has Blagojevich problem too The news is full of stories about how Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich attempted to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder. But media have been hesitant to show the pattern of close Obama associates involved [...] By The Prowler,American Spectator Bill Richardson is one of many "friends of Barack"in trouble One reason the Obama transition team pushed New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson overboard was concern that other close associates of Obama might be drawn into the burgeoning “pay for play”scandal that is now enveloping not [...] By Andie Coller,Politico The Obama veneer is cracking Team Obama has made its first mistake — again. When Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his nomination as commerce secretary earlier this week,NBC’s Andrea Mitchell declared it “the Obama team’s first misstep.” But Mitchell had been scooped. By Justin Rood,ABC News Obama and disgraced Governor Bill Richardson President-elect Barack Obama took big money from a man at the center of a federal probe that has forced one of Obama’s top Cabinet picks to withdraw. Financial records show the Obama campaign got more than $30,000 from California [...] Tony Rezko traded money for favors with Obama The only problem with the report is ABC forget to talk about Obama,an expert at these deals,just ask Tony Rezko. Watch ABC Report on Pay to Play [...] Los Angeles Times Bill Richardson is confortable with Pay to Play With an almost audible sigh of relief barely two weeks before his inauguration Obama,in a printed statement that won’t provide archival video footage,said he accepted the resignation-before-actually-taking-office “with deep regret.” And 16 days before becoming president,[...] by Frank James,Chicago Tribune Obama and advisors bumble with Richardson My first thought on hearing that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson had asked President-elect Obama to drop his nomination as Commerce Secretary because of a federal probe into possible pay to play activity in Richardson’s office was “Uh-oh,don’t tell [...] Richardson endorsed Obama and was to get a plum job By Nedra Pickler Associated Press New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama’s commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative state [...] Barack Obama and Bill Richardson By George Koo,San Francisco Chronicle Many,including Bill Richardson himself,are probably wondering why anyone would object to him serving in the Obama administration. They surely have forgotten the Wen Ho Lee case and Richardson’s role in one of America’s most disgraceful cases of miscarriage of [...] | |
